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There’s no one better than the boy next door. At least not according to Aurora Campbell, 14, who has been in love with Tobias May since their very first sandbox kiss. The problem is, he’s in love with her older sister, Merrilee. And Merri is already dating one of his best friends. When Ms. Gregoire assigns her to read Little Women for extra credit, Rory discovers more than she expected - both about herself and Toby. Maybe she wasn’t in love with the boy next door...but the boy next story.

A new dungeon, and a new meeting!? Mukohda, the salaryman who was brought from modern Japan to another world because he was caught in a “Hero Summoning,” along with his familiars Fel, Sui, and Dora–chan, enjoyed their fill of seafood at the seaside town of Berléand. Finally, they set off...

There’s no one better than the boy next door. At least not according to Aurora Campbell, fourteen, who has been in love with Tobias May since their very first sandbox kiss. The problem is, he’s in love with her older sister, Merrilee. And Merri is already dating one of his best friends.

Calla Larkenwood wants nothing more than to be a guardian, but her overprotective mother has never allowed it. Battling fae creatures is too dangerous a job for a teenage girl, and there's that special magical ability she needs to keep hidden from the Guild. How can she do that if she's working right under their nose? When circumstances change and Calla finally gets to follow her dream, she discovers guardian trainee life isn't all she hoped it would be. 

In the third and final installment in the Sunlit Lands series, the magic of the Sunlit Lands has been reset, but that doesn’t mean all is well. Unrest and discord are growing by the day, and Hanali is positioning himself as ruler of the Sunlit Lands. But, in order for Hanali to seize control, there must be a sacrifice, one that very few are willing to make. Jason, Shula, Baileya, and others must work together to save the lives of those Hanali would sacrifice for his own gain.

Some doors are better left unopened. Some doors, you don’t want to find out what lies behind them. In the Forbidden Doors series by bestselling author Bill Myers, teenager Rebecca “Becka” Williams, her younger brother Scott, and her friend Ryan Riordan are swept into heart-stopping...

"Utterly unique and absolutely riveting—I couldn’t put it down! What a marvelously cool world." —Sarah J. Maas, New York Times bestselling author, on Firstlife Don’t miss book two in the heart-stopping New York Times bestselling Everlife series by Gena Showalter. "My Firstlife is over...

Bloomsbury presents The Dark Fable by Katherine Harbour, read by Shakira Shute. Magical heists. Deadly secrets. Come along for the ride . . . if you dare. This heart-stopping, seductive fantasy is perfect for fans of Six of Crows. Evie Wilder is an orphan who has gone through most of her life...

The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones in this thrilling urban fantasy set in the magical underworld of Toronto where four queer teens race to stop a serial killer before their crimes expose the hidden world of faeries to humans. Choose your player. The half-fae outcast, desperate for acceptance...

Perfect for fans of James Dashner's The Maze Runner, Feedback is the heart-stopping sequel to Variant—which Pittacus Lore, author of I Am Number Four, praised as "an intense journey with some of the most shocking twists and turns I've ever read." Benson Fisher escaped from Maxfield Academy's...

"A timely, speculative thought experiment in perspective, privilege, and identity." —Kirkus "The conceit behind Shusterman’s latest is truly unique. While it exhibits the author’s usual storytelling aplomb, it also manages to delve into more serious and timely subject matter, such as...

Wicked faeries, betrayals and forbidden love… This special edition of The Iron Queen includes the bonus novella Summer’s Crossing A storm is approaching, an army of Iron fey that will drag me into the core of a conflict so powerful, I’m not sure anyone can survive it. Meghan Chase thought...

The war between dreams and reality intensifies... with Ronan at its center.

When Miranda moves with her family to a new house in a small Massachusetts town, she discovers a mysterious antique - a dollhouse. Through the windows, she is shocked to find what seem to be living people in the tiny rooms, and gradually she realizes that scenes from the lives of the big house's past inhabitants are being replayed there.

Eunice "Bug" Smoot was 13 years old when her grandfather put her soul up as collateral on his dream car -- a classic 1958 Cadillac Biarritz. Now, five years later, Papa C is dead and buried, and Bug is trying to make it on her own by delivering pizzas and staying one step ahead of her landlord. And then the repo man arrives

Alle fünf Jahre verlangen die Menschen von Kathalea, dass sich ein Freiwilliger zum Wohle des Volkes beim großen Fest zur Sonnenfinsternis opfert. Inmitten einer Spaltung von Gewalt und Frieden muss sich Noa von Kathalea entscheiden, wie sie das Land aus einer blutigen Tradition zurück in die Vernunft führen kann. Doch einer setzt alles daran, dass in diesem Jahr ein ganz besonderes Opfer verlangt wird. Zwischen Angst und Abenteuer, Hass und Liebe, jagen und gejagt werden - sie muss die Wahrheit erfahren. In diesem Leben oder im nächsten.

Das Turnier der Freiheit beginnt! Zweimal verlor sie ihr Leben auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit. Nun findet sich Noa in einem Land wieder, aus dem sie nicht so einfach fliehen kann, selbst wenn sie sich erinnert und die Wahrheit von Gold und Jade findet. Niemand flieht aus Onzar - nicht einmal die Erinnerung.

Verfolgt - vergessen - geflohen. Noa kämpft sich ihren Weg zum Nabel der Welt. Ein Ort, der die lang ersehnte Wahrheit über Noas Vergangenheit enthüllen soll. Auf einer Reise durch die rote Wüste, geprägt durch Sand und Tränen, nicht zuletzt, da das Leben genau die erweckt, die Noa schon längst vergessen hatte. Und während jeder versucht dem Tod zu entkommen, wartet eine rachsüchtige Meute im Schatten, bereit anzugreifen.

Sie ist freiwillig gestorben. Doch wie es ihr versprochen wurde, findet Noa in ein neues Leben. Darin muss sie sich ihrer brutalen Vergangenheit stellen, die finden, die sie liebte und nach einer neuen Wahrheit suchen. Eine Reise, die sie nicht nur in die Abgründe des Landes führt, sondern auch zu dem Schicksal derer, die ihre Zukunft erneut zerstören wollen.

Der Anfang vom Ende - das Ende vom Anfang. Während Noa alles versucht, um Zoyahs Leben zu schützen, rückt Ilios Armee immer näher. Doch eine letzte Begegnung bringt Noas Welt dazu, für immer zu zerfallen. Vereint in dem Traum eines Lebens, das bestimmt ist von falschen Entscheidungen und dem Beginn eines Krieges mit der eigenen Vergangenheit. Doch wenn das vergessene Leben der Schlüssel des Sieges ist, wird aus den Kämpfen der Zukunft eine Illusion.